Nickelodeon, other Viacom networks go off air for 17 minutes in honor of national school walkouts

By:
Kelcie Willis, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Updated: Mar 14, 2018 - 4:20 PM

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Nickelodeon, other Viacom networks go off air for 17 minutes in honor of national school walkouts

Viacom networks MTV and Nickelodeon went off air for 17 minutes Wednesday to support students and others participating in National Walkout Day.

From 10 a.m. to 10:17 p.m., those networks -- as well as Viacom-owned BET and Comedy Central, went off the air. The 17 minutes honor the 17 victims killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting one month ago on Feb. 14, when a 19-year-old former student opened fire.

“At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, all Viacom networks and platforms will suspend regularly scheduled programming for 17 minutes,” the company said in a statement. “This pause will coincide with the National School Walkout, a tribute to the 17 lives lost in the Parkland shooting, and to all young victims of gun violence. Students across the country will take over MTV’s social media accounts during the walkout.”